Word: kudos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fare. The 007 formula—Bond is introduced to the gadgets, uses the gadgets, saves the world in the nick of time—is not here, but what remains is a well-executed, edge-of-your-seat thriller. Bottom Line: With all the family-oriented fare and kudo-hungry movies flooding theatres right now, have some escapist holiday fun with Craig. Daniel Craig.—Reviewer Christopher C. Baker can be reached at ccbaker@fas.harvard.edu...
...adolescent psychiatrist. "How would they ever have the energy to do these things?" Another counselor says a 47-year-old man he is treating has been a recluse for 28 years. "You can't pinpoint the reason, but you can pinpoint the context: it's Japan," says Sadatsugu Kudo, who runs a recovery center for hikikomori in Fussa, a Tokyo suburb. "In Japan you have to be like other people, and if you aren't, you have a sense of loss, of shame. So you disappear...
Data and media were plurals pure and simple in RHD-I; the new edition advises that data can be either singular or plural, and media as a singular has become common in, of all places, the media. Another favorite media word, kudos, has undergone an even more perplexing transformation. Originally a singular meaning praise or glory, it has been misconstrued so often as a plural that, by a process lexicographers call back-formation, it has spawned a synthetic singular. Sure enough, here it is with its own entry in RHD-II: kudo. What next? Will a single instance of pathos...
...secondhand dealers in ideas." Yet even liberals in Washington acknowledge, sometimes ruefully, that Heritage's mostly young analysts (the staff of 105 includes 53 professionals) are extremely effective at getting across their point of view. "That feisty new kid on the conservative block" is the kudo offered by one Heritage fan. His name: Ronald Reagan...
...broad steps Instead, they confined their actions to subtle. Yet very intricate foot and arm movements. The entire 30-minute piece seemed to eclipse in about 15 seconds as the whole audience fell under the hushed, dream-like sequence of events. Although the entire cast deserved mention. Elaine Kudo should be singled out for her superlative technique and presence. Whenever she danced she seemed to cast a spell with her beautiful interpretation of the combinations...